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Who was born on May 16
160 notable people were born on May 16. If it is your birthday too, you are in good company.
- 160births
- 56events
Best known
Best known
Ben Kuroki
United States Army Air Forces soldier
Wilf Mannion
English footballer
Liberace
American musician and actor
Ramon Margalef
Spanish biologist
Martine Carol
French actress
Harry Carey Jr.
American actor
Ben Kuroki — United States Army Air Forces soldier, born on May 16 1917.
Wilf Mannion — English footballer, born on May 16 1918.
Liberace — American musician and actor, born on May 16 1919.
Ramon Margalef — Spanish biologist, born on May 16 1919.
Martine Carol — French actress, born on May 16 1920.
Harry Carey Jr. — American actor, born on May 16 1921.
All entries
- 1923VVictoria FromkinAmerican linguist
- 1923
Merton MillerAmerican economist and Nobel Laureate - 1923
Peter Underwood (parapsychologist)British parapsychologist - 1924BBarbara BachmannAmerican lecturer
- 1924
Dawda JawaraFirst president of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994 - 1925
Nancy Grace RomanAmerican astronomer - 1925OOla Vincent
- 1925
Nílton SantosBrazilian footballer - 1926
Glen MichaelBritish television presenter and entertainer - 1926
Robert Jay LiftonAmerican psychiatrist and author - 1928
Billy MartinAmerican baseball player and manager - 1929
Betty CarterAmerican jazz singer-songwriter - 1929
John ConyersAmerican politician - 1929CClaude Morin (PQ politician)Canadian politician
- 1929
Adrienne RichAmerican poet, essayist and feminist - 1929
Natwar SinghIndian politician - 1930
Friedrich GuldaAustrian pianist and composer - 1931
Vujadin BoškovYugoslavian footballer and manager - 1931
Hana BradyCzech Holocaust victim - 1931
Lowell WeickerAmerican politician - 1934
Kenneth Morgan, Baron MorganWelsh historian and author (born 1934) - 1934AAntony WalkerBritish Army general
- 1935
Floyd Smith (ice hockey)Canadian ice hockey player and coach - 1936
Karl LehmannCatholic clergyman - 1937
Yvonne CraigAmerican actress - 1937
Jim HuntAmerican politician - 1938
Stuart BellBritish Labour Party politician - 1938
Ivan SutherlandAmerican computer scientist (born 1938) - 1938
Marco Aurelio DenegriPeruvian linguist, journalist, television host and sexologist - 1939
Mario SegniItalian politician (born 1939) - 1941
Denis HartCatholic archbishop of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 1942DDavid Penry-DaveyBritish judge
- 1943
Kay Andrews, Baroness AndrewsBritish Labour politician and life peer (born 1943) - 1943
Dan CoatsAmerican politician and diplomat (born 1943) - 1943
Wieteke van DortDutch actress and singer - 1944
Billy CobhamPanamanian–American drummer (born 1944) - 1944AAntal Nagy (footballer, born 1944)Hungarian footballer
- 1944
Friedrich SchorlemmerGerman Protestant theologian
- 1944
Danny TrejoAmerican actor (born 1944) - 1946JJohn Law (sociologist)British sociologist (born 1946)
- 1946
Robert FrippEnglish musician (born 1946) - 1947CCheryl ClarkeAmerican lesbian writer, educator and activist (born 1947)
- 1947
Nazareth (band)Scottish hard rock band - 1947RRoch ThériaultCanadian cult leader and murderer
- 1948JJesper ChristensenDanish actor
- 1948JJudy FinniganEnglish television presenter and writer (born 1948)
- 1948
Enrico FumiaItalian automobile and product designer (born 1948) - 1948
Jimmy HoodBritish politician - 1948
Emma RothschildEnglish historian (born 1948) - 1948GGustaaf Van RoosbroeckBelgian cyclist
- 1949
Rick ReuschelAmerican baseball player (born 1949) - 1950
Georg BednorzGerman physicist (born 1950) - 1950RRay CondoMusical artist
- 1950
Bruce CovilleAmerican novelist - 1951
Christian LacroixFrench fashion designer (born 1951) - 1951
Jonathan RichmanAmerican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951) - 1951JJanet SoskiceCanadian-born English Catholic theologian (born 1951)
- 1953
Pierce BrosnanIrish actor (born 1953) - 1953PPeter OnoratiAmerican actor (born 1953)
- 1953
Richard Page (musician)American musician (born 1953) - 1953
Kitanoumi ToshimitsuJapanese sumo wrestler
- 1953
David Maclean, Baron BlencathraUnited Kingdom Conservative Party politician (born 1953) - 1953
Stephen Woolman, Lord WoolmanScottish legal academic (born 1953) - 1954
Dafydd WilliamsCanadian astronaut, physician and public speaker (born 1954) - 1955
Olga KorbutSoviet gymnast; American instructor since 1991 - 1955
Jack MorrisAmerican baseball pitcher (born 1955) - 1955
Hazel O'ConnorEnglish singer-songwriter and actress (born 1954) - 1955
Páidí Ó SéKerry Gaelic footballer and manager - 1955
Debra WingerAmerican actress (born 1955) - 1956
Loretta SchrijverDutch television presenter - 1957
Joan BenoitAmerican distance runner (born 1957) - 1957
Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron MancroftBritish politician and businessman (born 1957) - 1957
Yuri ShevchukSoviet-Russian singer (born 1957) - 1957
Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of BletsoBritish peer (born 1957) - 1957BBob SuterAmerican ice hockey player
- 1959MMitch WebsterAmerican baseball player (born 1959)
- 1959
Mare WinninghamAmerican actress, singer-songwriter (born 1959) - 1960LLandon DeirerageaNauruan politician
- 1960
Bruce Norris (playwright)American dramatist - 1960SS. Shanmuganathan (Sri Lankan politician)Sri Lankan Tamil politician and MP
- 1961
Kevin McDonaldCanadian actor, comedian and writer (born 1961) - 1961
The Godfather (wrestler)American professional wrestler (born 1961) - 1962
Helga RadtkeGerman track and field athlete (born 1962) - 1963
Rachel GriffithBritish economist (born 1963) - 1963DDavid Wilkinson (theologian)British theologian
- 1964
John SalleyAmerican basketball player (born 1964)
- 1964
Boyd TinsleyAmerican musician
- 1964
Milton JonesEnglish comedian - 1965
Krist NovoselicAmerican rock musician (born 1965) - 1965
Tanel TammetEstonian computer scientist
- 1966
Janet JacksonAmerican singer, songwriter, and dancer (born 1966) - 1966SScott ReevesAmerican actor, musician, and songwriter (born 1966)
- 1966
Thurman ThomasAmerican football player (born 1966) - 1967
Doug BrocailAmerican baseball player and coach (born 1967) - 1967
Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of TraffordBritish politician and life peer (born 1967) - 1968
Ralph TresvantAmerican musical artist (born 1968) - 1969
David BoreanazAmerican actor (born 1969) - 1969
Tucker CarlsonAmerican conservative political commentator (born 1969) - 1969SSteve Lewis (sprinter)American track and field athlete
- 1970
Gabriela SabatiniArgentine tennis player (born 1970) - 1970
Danielle Spencer (Australian actress)Australian actress and singer-songwriter, (born 1969) - 1971
Phil ClarkeEnglish broadcaster & rugby league footballer (born 1971)
- 1971
Rachel GoswellBritish musician - 1972
Christian CalifanoFrance international rugby union player - 1972MMatthew HartNew Zealand cricketer (born 1972)
- 1973
Tori SpellingAmerican actress (born 1973) - 1974
Laura PausiniItalian singer (born 1974) - 1974
Sonny SandovalAmerican rapper and singer (born 1974)
- 1975
Tony KakkoFinnish musician (born 1975) - 1975
Simon WhitfieldCanadian triathlete (born 1975) - 1976
Dirk NannesAustralian cricketer (born 1976) - 1977
Melanie LynskeyNew Zealand actress (born 1977) - 1977
Emilíana TorriniIcelandic singer and songwriter - 1978
Scott NichollsBritish motorcycle speedway rider - 1978
Lionel ScaloniArgentine football manager (born 1978) - 1979MMichael OberlechnerAustrian politician (born 1979)
- 1980
Nuria Llagostera VivesSpanish tennis player (born 1980) - 1981
Ricardo Costa (footballer, born 1981)Portuguese footballer - 1982MMelissa AltroCanadian voice actress
- 1982
Łukasz KubotPolish tennis player (born 1982) - 1983
Daniel KerrAustralian rules footballer (born 1983) - 1983
Kyle WellwoodCanadian ice hockey player (born 1983) - 1984
Darío CvitanichArgentine footballer (born 1984) - 1984
Tomáš FleischmannCzech ice hockey player (born 1984)
- 1984
Jensen LewisAmerican baseball player (born 1984) - 1984
Rick RypienCanadian ice hockey player - 1985
Anja MittagGerman footballer (born 1985) - 1985CCafé (footballer)Brazilian footballer (born 1985)
- 1985
Corey PerryCanadian ice hockey player (born 1985) - 1986
Megan FoxAmerican actress (born 1986) - 1986
Andy KeoghIrish footballer (born 1986) - 1986
Shamcey Supsup-LeeFilipino model (born 1986) - 1987
Tom Onslow-ColeBritish racing driver (born 1987)
- 1988JJesús Castillo (Mexican footballer)Mexican footballer (born 1988)
- 1988
Martynas GecevičiusLithuanian basketball player - 1988JJaak PõldmaEstonian tennis player
- 1989
Behati PrinslooNamibian model (born 1988) - 1990
Amanda CarrerasBritish tennis player - 1990
Thomas Brodie-SangsterEnglish actor (born 1990) - 1990
Darko ŠarovićSerbian medical doctor and athlete (born 1990) - 1990
Omar StrongAmerican basketball player - 1991
Grigor DimitrovBulgarian tennis player (born 1991) - 1991
Joey GraceffaAmerican YouTuber (born 1991) - 1991
Ashley WagnerAmerican figure skater (born 1991) - 1992
Jeff SkinnerCanadian ice hockey player (born 1992) - 1992
Kirstin MaldonadoAmerican singer-songwriter (born 1992) - 1993
Johannes Thingnes BøNorwegian biathlete (born 1993) - 1993
Karol MetsEstonian footballer (born 1993) - 1993
IU (entertainer)South Korean singer and actress (born 1993) - 1994
Kathinka von DeichmannLiechtenstein tennis player (born 1994) - 1995EElizabeth RalstonAustralian soccer player
- 1996
Louisa ChiricoAmerican tennis player (born 1996) - 2000
Luis García Jr.American baseball player (born 2000) - 2002
Ryan GravenberchDutch footballer (born 2002)
Frequently asked questions
Who was born on May 16?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on May 16, including Ben Kuroki, Wilf Mannion, Liberace. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
What happened on May 16?
56 documented historical events happened on May 16, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Mohnyin Thado captured Sagaing to become the king of Ava, in present-day Myanmar. On the same day, in another year: After a scuffle in which one cardinal had several bones broken, a papal conclave convened in Rome elected Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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